Basic Skills Course for Newly Admitted Attorneys (12/11/24)

This is a hybrid event with an in-person and a webinar option. Please select the appropriate button when registering if you plan to attend in-person at the Chicago Bar Association.

This course is for new lawyers only. The CBA's Basic Skills Course for Newly Admitted Attorneys will satisfy the Supreme Court of Illinois' MCLE Rule 793 Requirement for Newly Admitted Attorneys 6.00 hours of basic skills course requirement which includes Professional Responsibility, 1.00 Diversity / Inclusion & 1.00 Mental Health / Substance Abuse PR-MCLE Credits. 

8:40 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks                                                          
Kenny Matuszewski, Chair of the CBA YLS 
                                                                                          
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Part 1: MCLE Requirements                                       
Karen Johnson, Director, Illinois MCLE Board  

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.  Part 2: Ethics for New Attorneys                                           
Mary Andreoni, Ethics Education Counsel, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC)   
                                                                                          
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Part 3: Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession               
Sandra Yamate, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession 
                                                                                          
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. BREAK                                                                           

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Part 4: Pro Bono:  Supreme Court Rules and Opportunities 
Bob Glaves, Executive Director, The Chicago Bar Foundation   
                                                                                          
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Part 5: Your First Court Appearance
Christopher Mackey, O’Hagan Meyer
                                                                                          
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  LUNCH BREAK                
                                                                                          
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Part 6: Taking and Defending Depositions             
Elizabeth Kaveny, Kaveny and Kroll
                                                                                          
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Part 7: Legal Research: Mining the Web for Information  
Catherine Sanders Reach, Director of the Center for Practice Management, North Carolina Bar Association 

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. BREAK                                   

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Part 8: Enhance Legal Work with GenAI          
Mathew Kerbis, The Subscription Attorney                                                                   

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Part 9: Wellness and Mental Health for New Attorneys                                  
Karen Munoz, Partner, Dolan Law & Well-being Advocate
Gina Crumble, Supervising Attorney, Cook County State’s Attorney                    
                                                                                          
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Part 10: Civility in the Profession . . . How to Play Nice    
James Campbell, Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC
Bianca Ciarroni, Taft     
Andre Hunter, Associate, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Pam Sran, Fox Rothschild          
Moderator:  Hon. Nichole C. Patton, Circuit Court of Cook County  

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

You MUST have Zoom Desktop Client on your Mac or PC to view a live program. If using a mobile device, you must have the Zoom App (available in the App Store or Google Play).

System requirements for Mac & PC can be found here. System requirements for mobile devices can be here.  

Please note that audience members do not need video or audio access.  Audience members are able to submit questions via the chat or Q & A features of Zoom. 

Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.